The Irish standard., 1887-01-08
THE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1887

boy dat would be showen' you over de
wild mountain in an evenen', and would
be hungry for his dinner may be, and
not haven de price of it in his pocket
so he wouldn 't-''
Although no impression was yet pro-
duced by these manouvres, which could
be discerned on the equable and dis
tended countenance of the preacher, it is
impossible to say with what success they
might have been ultimately attended,
had not new and most startling inter-
ruption cut short the design Of the op-
orator. A scream-wild, piercing, and
spirit-riving such as might be imagined
Of the possessed, whose heart was torn
by the departing fend at the command
of Him whom ''they knew, ''-one long
continued and shrilly note Of sudden
agony rung through the house; and
transfxed the hearing Of it's inmates.
The young man quickly put down the
child, and started to his feet. Even the
fat Shine followed the example, and
sprung--no-cla clambered to standing
posture-his eyes staring and protruded
and his fair rosy hue changed to a
purple-pale-one hand grasping the
back Of the hay-bottomed chair, and the
other elevating fork, on the points Of
which the untasted particle of roast
meet remained impaled. The sound
which occasioned their alarm proceeded
from the chamber into which the land
lady and Mr.. Segur had retired.
Suddenly, and with the rapidity of
thought, the figure Of the womon was
I seen darting through the still open door.
She cast one swift and shuddering
glance behind her, again darted forward
=, struck her bosom with q maniac vio-
lence-looked wildly around her, like
one in search of some place of swift
concealment-gaped on the two as
tonished guests-on the chi}d-pressed
her expanded hand on her brow-on her
heart-slghed heavily and repeatedly
tossed back her hair from about her face
---tl,en clasped her hands together
wrung them above her head-aDd with q
renewed scream of anguish, if possible
more narrowing than the last, dashed
herself headlong against the closed door
of the bedroom on the opposite side.
It yielded, with q crash of wrenched
and frittered latches, to the wild as
sault, and she disappeared in the dark
ness.
For few moments all again was per-
feet stiffness. The preacher and his
companion remained staring on one an
other in all the belplessness of astonish-
ment and ignorance, and the child
gazed in anxious silence from one to
another, until at length, unable to &c
count in any way for this unusual con-
duct in it's mother, the little creature
set up 81 passionate clamor OF tears
and lamentations, which in little time
recalled them to their senses. Both
turned their eyes on Segur, with
eountenance of still more vivid alarm
and astonishment than they seemed
themselves to feel; as If expecting from
him some explanation Of the mystery
which perplexed them.
Nothing, however, was revealed i'll
the series Of inquiries which ensued.
The old man was as ignorant of the
cause of the poor woman's agitation as
those who were in the outer room. He
had flung himself on the bed, after
shortly conversing with her on some in
different subject, in the course Of which
she had evinced great deal of listless-
ness and inattention. Wearied as he
had been, he was in the act of doing
before she left him, and while she was
yet occupied, as he believed, in some
at another end of the
room, when that piercing Cry, the eff
feet of which on his hearing he could
compare to nothing less than the passing
Of small sword through his brain,
startled him from his slumber. AS he
sprung from his bed and gazed around
him, he beheld the wo nan in the act of
fitting through the doorway, with the
same frantic action which had amazed
the guests in the outer chamber. And
this was all the informa tion which he
could give them on the subject.
can apparrishun she seen, I'll go
oail.'' said The guide.
t'Truce with your levity, fellow" said
The Palatine, with sternness which at
once banished the smile from the 9TH
er's countenance, and drew forth an
aumble apology. Then turning toward
;he still open door Of the. bedroom, he
am unwilling to let the
affair rest here. The Good woman may
10 herself mischief"
80 don't, sir-don't for the bare life!"
said the lad, in loud and earnest whis-